Middle East, Baltimore

Middle East is a neighborhood in the heart of east Baltimore, Maryland. It was originally a working-class Czech neighborhood, and it was once known as "Little Bohemia". By 1969, the neighborhood consisted of ageing and racist Czech-Americans and more recently arrived African-American residents, and the neighborhood transitioned into a black neighborhood during the 1970s and 1980s. In 2010, it had a population of 5,352 people, with 87.5% being black, 4.9% white, .95 Asian, 5.9% Hispanic, .3% Native American, .6% other, and .7% multiracial.